Cooley sees better days ahead for Friars

PC Coach Ed Cooley says he knows the ingredients to end those losing trips to New York: more and better players. The Friars played with a 6.5 player rotation for the majority of this season and that lack of depth clearly wore down the team as the sea

PC Coach Ed Cooley says he knows the ingredients to end those losing trips to New York: more and better players. The Friars played with a 6.5 player rotation for the majority of this season and that lack of depth clearly wore down the team as the season has evolved.

Asked what gives him optimism going forward, Cooley chuckled and said "the guys sitting out. It's called recruiting.The guys that are in our program. You win in this league and win in these tournaments, A, if you have special young players, but, B, if you have juniors and seniors."

Cooley is excited about the talent of redshirt big men Carson Desrosiers and Tyler Harris and highly- touted scoring guard Ricky Ledo. Ledo continues to explore a potential jump to the NBA draft.

"I hope he makes the right decision to come back to school," Cooley said of Ledo. "If he does, our program will take another jump. He gives you a different dimension on the floor. You'll have to guard us at all five positions on the floor with all of the new guys we'll have. We're building the depth we need."